KALI

LINUX

D O N E B Y : S H A M S A O B A I D A L T A Y E R 1 0 B G

WHAT IS KALI LINUX ?

Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd. Mati Aharoni, Devon Kearns and Raphaël Hertzog are the core developers.

• Kali Linux is distributed in 32- and 64-bit images for use on hosts based on the x86 instruction set and as an image for the ARM architecture for use on the BeagleBoard computer and on Samsung's ARM Chromebook.

• The developers of Kali Linux aim to make Kali Linux available mainly for ARM devices.

• Kali Linux is already available for BeagleBone Black, HP Chromebook, CubieBoard 2, CuBox, CuBox-i, Raspberry Pi, EfikaMX, Odroid U2, Odroid XU, Odroid XU3, Samsung Chromebook, Utilite Pro, Galaxy Note 10.1 and SS808

KALI LINUX BENEFITS : • BackTrack is a digital forensics and

penetration testing arsenal used by many security professionals and malicious hackers. The last release of BackTrack was 5r3 and many expected a new release sometime in 2013.

• The creators of BackTrack decided to start from the ground up building a full-fledged operating system and release a next generation penetration distribution rather than updating the existing live CD release. The creators note “Kali Linux is a more mature, secure and enterprise-ready version of BackTrack Linux”.

It was developed by Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns of Offensive Security through the rewrite of BackTrack, their previous forensics Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. The third core developer Raphaël Hertzog joined them as Debian expert.

Kali Linux is based on Debian Jessie. Most packages Kali uses are imported from the Debian repositories.

FEATURES : Kali Linux has a dedicated project set-aside for compatibility and porting to specific Android devices, called Kali Linux NetHunter.

It is the first Open Source Android penetration testing platform for Nexus devices, created as a joint effort between the Kali community member “BinkyBear” and Offensive Security. It supports Wireless 802.11 frame injection, one-click MANA Evil Access Point setups, HID keyboard (Teensy like attacks), as well as Bad USB MITM attacks.BackTrack (Kali's predecessor) contained a mode known as forensic mode.

KALI LINUX

Kali Linux is developed in a secure location with only a small number of trusted people that are allowed to commit packages, with each package being signed by the developer. Kali also has a custom built kernel that is patched for injection. This was primarily added because the development team found they needed to do a lot of wireless assessments.

Kali Linux Core Developers

MATI AHARONI

Mati Aharoni (muts) is the lead Kali developer, trainer and founder of Offensive Security. With over 10 years of experience as a professional penetration tester, Mati has uncovered several major security flaws and is actively involved in the offensive security arena.

DEVON KEARNS

Devon Kearns (dookie) is an Offensive Security instructor, Kali Linux developer, the administrator of the Exploit Database, co-creator of the Metasploit Unleashed project, exploitation fanatic, and co-author of Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide.

Raphaël Hertzog (buxy) is an experienced Debian developer and consultant, author of the well known Debian Administrator’s Handbook. He’s the packaging wizard in our team and manages our continuously growing development infrastructure.

Raphael Hetzog

REFERENCES

https://www.kali.org/about-us/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Linux

https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-1-1-0-released/

http://docs.kali.org/introduction/what-is-kali-linux